Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote on Love

"Love alone can transform the present madness and insanity in the world - not systems, not theories, either of the left or of the right. You really love only when you do not possess, when you are not envious, not greedy, when you are respectful, when you have mercy and compassion, when you have consideration for your wife, your children, your neighbour, your unfortunate servants."

From: The first and the Last freedom.


Here J. Krishnamurti, points how love alone can transform the present madness we see in the world. All the theories to solve the problems, have failed as we see, cause theories can never bring about a inner change in humanity. Theories are learned be the mind and the inner totality is never touched by what is learned only through the theories. Love is the quality that is needed in human, only that is the answer to the wars and all the crimes and insanity going on in the world. Because a man with a loving heart cannot harm or even think to harm anybody, in anyway, now mentally, nor physically. He always looks for a harmony and peace. Further J. Krishnamurti also shows what love is not? because it is in discovering what love is not, that we find what love is, which is our essential nature. Most of us misunderstand the nature of possession as love, while possession is perhaps the opposite of love as it binds what we think we love, the object of love becomes a thing and love is such a vast process that it cannot be possessed nor it posses. Similarly when we are envious or greedy we should know that we are far away from love. These things are the wall for the love to flower. And when we have the quality of compassion, mercy we should know that we love. Compassion and mercy not just for whom we called are nearer and dear ones and for ones whom we think that we love. But for every living being in general. Even the servants we should be compassionate and should be careful not to hurt them. Even for the animals there must be a feeling of compassion. Those who feel for each and every living being can be called transformed by love and not those who would rob and cheat other for the sake of so called loved ones.